‏ Luke 15:13

 Not many days after ( μετ' ου πολλας ημερας ). Literally, after not many days. Luke is fond of this idiom (7:6; Ac 1:5).

 Took his journey ( απεδημησεν ). First aorist active indicative of  αποδημεω (from  αποδημος, away from home). Common verb. In the N.T. here and Mt 21:33; 25:14; Mr 12:1; Lu 20:9. He burned all his bridges behind him, gathering together all that he had.

 Wasted ( διεσκορπισεν ). First aorist active indicative of  διασκορπιζω, a somewhat rare verb, the very opposite of "gathered together" ( συναγογων ). More exactly he scattered his property. It is the word used of winnowing grain (Mt 25:24).

 With riotous living ( ζων ασωτως ). Living dissolutely or profligately. The late adverb  ασωτως (only here in the N.T.) from the common adjective  ασωτος ( α privative and  σωζω ), one that cannot be saved, one who does not save, a spendthrift, an abandoned man, a profligate, a prodigal. He went the limit of sinful excesses. It makes sense taken actively or passively (prodigus or perditus), active probably here.

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